Op-ed

January 31, 2017
U Ko Ni, a National League for Democracy (NLD) legal adviser, who was also a patron of the recently formed Myanmar Muslim Lawyers Association, was...
January 21, 2017
Lately, the military bloc’s supporter, obviously made up of Union Solidarity Development Party (USDP) members, former and active soldiers in civil...
January 10, 2017
In October 2016, more than 5,000 people took to the streets of Namkham, northern Shan State, when the township’s education officials failed to pay...
December 23, 2016
The two most crucial issues that would definitely be carried into the year 2017 are the conflict between the Rohingya – the government proposed term...
December 12, 2016
Even though the union parliament has rejected the labeling the Northern Alliance – Burma (NA-B), made up of Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Myanmar...
December 8, 2016
As the Thein Sein regime initiated peace process, which started out on 17 August 2011, entered into the fifth year and the partially signed...
December 8, 2016
Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; Nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first. Charles de Gaulle (1890-...
December 6, 2016
The Burma Army or Tatmadaw hard-line stance vis a vis the Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) has never been in doubt. But as the Defense Minister...
November 18, 2016
Quite a few interesting issues have popped up recently in relation to the ongoing democratization and peaceful reconciliation, such as freedom of...
November 11, 2016
Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing’s recent China visit, United Wa State Army (UWSA) – National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA) military friction or...
November 10, 2016
The 25 October refugee repatriation, involving some seventy refugees, who left Thailand’s Tham Hin and Nu Po camps to return home voluntarily to...
November 1, 2016
The much awaited Union Peace Dialogue Joint Committee (UPDJC) meeting from 28 to 29 October in Naypyitaw was hailed as a step forward in conducting...